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Over the past years, the country’s fashion week is held only once a year. This 2008, the biggest fashion event in the country has got bigger because Filipino designers can showcase their creations twice a year. According to Joey Espino, executive producer/director, the country followed the international calendar to gain a foothold in the fashion industry.

The Spring/Summer 2009 show presentations kicked off yesterday and will continue run to October 29 at the official venues, SMX Convention Center and SM Mall of Asia.

Designers from Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Cagayan de Oro, Pampanga, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite and Quezon as well as the “Pilars of Philippine Fashion” that includes Aureo Alonzo, Ben Farrales, Pitoy Moreno, Boy Ginoo, Nolie Hans, Barge Ramos, Anthony Nocom and Ricci Lizaso will present a 30-piece premier collections and 45-piece solo shows. Top local retail brands such as Bayo, Bench, Folded & Hung, Penshoppe and Plains & Prints are also joining the fashion week.

The Spring/Summer 2009 collections aim to promote eco-friendly couture by using organic and indigenous materials.

Stay tuned for some updates on the wonderful display of Filipino talent and ingenuity.

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This article may not be directly related to fashion but since fashion is a subcategory of art then I decided to post it in this blog. We still got two months before the new year but Lavazza coffee has already unveiled the 17th edition of their calendar. The images were shot by Annie Leibovitz and features the iconic Italian landmarks. They definitely show the Roman influence on art, cinema, history and culture.

Venezia, City Of Love

Fashion and Venus de Milo

Roma, Fontana di Trevi


Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci

Colosseo and Lupa Capitolino

Pasta and Landscapes

Venezia, San Marco

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Are your eyes hungry? If yes, then this post is for you. Let your eyes feast over the yummy-looking accessories made by BabyLovesPink . Her designs ranges from our favorite confections such as ice cream, cheesecakes, cupcakes, gingerbread, lollipops to mouth-watering snacks such as burgers, hotdo sandwiches and pop corn. Drool over these cute clay polymer accessories.

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Nothing is constant in the fashion world. What’s fashionable now will not be fashionable tomorrow. Fashion trends change from season to season, cell phone trends evolve and change all the time as well. Hence, cell phones can be categorized as fashion accessories nowadays.

Over the years, we’ve seen cell phones blink, sparkle, light up, and we’ve even seen them came in different sizes and colors. Some fashionistas and other fashion-forward individuals choose a cell phone without really making a big deal out of ring tones, instant messages or megapixels. Instead they are more concerned with the phone’s design and what it looks like.

With all the cell phones sprouting around just like mushrooms, how do we know what’s in and what’s out? Checkout the following ” Fashion Cell Phones ” as compiled by 611 Connect site. These fashionable gadgets are not just beautiful to look at but theyalso have the features that you’ll probably want and need.

Slider Phones

When the flip phones were released, the public went gaga over them. Perhaps, people were fascinated with their slim-clamshell form. Today, slider phones are the new flip phones.

LG Chocolate and LG Prada

LG Shine and Nokia 8800

Candybar Phones
Fashion addicts will definitely love candybar phones. I am not referring to the “candybar” style but to the candybar colors. Enjoy these cellphones with vibrant splash of colors.

Nokia 7310 Supernova and Nokia 7900 Prism

Motorola RAZR V3xx and Motorola RAZR2 V9

Sanyo Katana DLX and Sanyo Katana LX

Touchscreen Displays

According to 611 connect , even though iPhone are not considered as fashion icon for most people, ” iPhone is an elegant and sexy handset in its own right. The combination of high-end features and elegant design makes the iPhone arguably the most popular fashion phone on the market.”

Multimedia: Music and Camera

Mobile phones are not just used for making and answering phone calls. Pictures and music are important too.

Giorgio Armani Samsung P520

Visit the 611 connect site to view more fashion cell phones that are categorized by manufacturer.

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Gothic fashion is usually stereotyped as a dark, sometimes morbid, eroticized fashion and style of dress. Typical Gothic fashion includes black dyed hair and black clothes and both male and female goths wear dark eyeliner and dark fingernails. Styles are often inspired from the Elizabethans and Victorians.(Wikipedia)

This October, two magazines opted to have a fashion showdown across their pages. Vogue Italy and Flair magazine let every reader decide on whose Gothic fashion is the best.

The October issue of Vogue Italia features a sort of a black widow-harlequin look. The models were dressed in see-through black lace with diamond patters, chiffon and long evening gloves. They also used black balloons and grapes as accessories. One can clearly see that they have a sort of retro-modern, avant-garde, Gothic image.

On the other hand, Flair magazine had a set of pictures called “Gotica”. The pictures are mostly black and white with splashes of color. A model is photographed with pale bare-chested men who are made up to look like zombies who seem to be battling for her soul. The backgrounds are eerie and sometimes ghostly, feels like you’re in a horror movie.

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Despite the resurgence in dresses, many women like to wear trousers everyday. Pants are practical for the business woman and manlike looks always change to classic style.

The 2 fashionable autumn styles are the easy high waisted flared pants from boot cut to the widest 1970s flares.

But the style getting attention is a slim line version of the peg-top trouser line, which was in fashio in 1980sn. These peg-top pants sometimes now called CARROT SHAPED TROUSERS taper to the ankle, and usually have tuck pleat fullness at the waistband. This style can be very flattering if you have a paunch. Note that too much fullness can make a woman look frumpy. Yves saint Laurent as the centre image shows, did it best. This was sharp and sophisticated designing.

So on-trend, carrot-shaped trousers are not easy to pull off. Experiment with the look and don this pair from H&M teamed with sharp shirts…

Finally the skinny leather pant is a catwalk fashion coming to a shop near you this autumn.

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Last October 9, Gisele Bundchen was spotted filming a music video for Black Cowboy. It was directed by Kevin Connolly from Entourage.

Checkout some photos after the jump. Gisele proved that fashion rocks!

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